Strangers in the night : law and medicine in the managed care era /

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Author / Creator:Jacobson, Peter D.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Description:xvii, 296 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4740378
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ISBN:0195152719 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-285) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Historical Perspectives on Law and Medicine
  • 1.. Law and Medicine--An Overview
  • 2.. From Cooperation to Contention
  • 3.. From Liability to Business
  • Part II. The Judicial Response to Managed Care
  • 4.. Historical Precursors
  • 5.. The Courts and Managed Care--Establishing the Rules
  • 6.. Immunity
  • 7.. The Backlash
  • 8.. Managed Care Litigation--Shaping Policy and Health-Care Delivery
  • Part III. Restoring the Primacy of the Physician-Patient Relationship
  • 9.. Mutual Distrust Between Attorneys and Physicians
  • 10.. Fiduciary Duty
  • 11.. Strangers in the Night, or Conciliation and Cooperation?
  • References
  • Index